Macha

Macha is one of the Tuatha De Danaan who appears in several different places in Irish mythology. She is a daughter of Ernmas, sister to Badbh and Anand/Nemain; some people consider these three sisters to make up the triple Morrighan. Macha appears in different guises in Irish mythology, once as one of the Nemedians, as a Tuatha de Danann, as a “fairy woman” and as a queen. This last one may or may not represent an actual historic queen or a story about the Goddess; the story itself …

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